How do you make sweet grits?

Answer 1

ANSWER:Grits comes from the hominy corn and not the yellow corn we normally eat. It is allowed to dry and run through a grits mill that chips it into the small flakes we call grits.

Before corn can be called hominy, the husk and germ are removed from the dry corn. This leaves you white corn. After the hominy is course ground, it is boiled until softened.

A variation of hominy is lye hominy where the corn is soaked in wood ash lye until the husks and the outer hulls come off. Hominy can be eaten as is, or dried and ground into grits.

The word grits comes from the Indian word ghreu meaning to grind.

The word hominy comes from the Algonoquian tuckahumin, meaning to grind as well.

This additional information comes from Rosa Tusa's "True Grits" published by Bantam books copyright 1977. If you can find it, this is a great booklet that covers a wide range of Southern regional foods and recipes, published during the Carter administration.

Answer 2

Follow the directions on the grits package to cook them. When they have finished cooking, add cheese to taste. Cheddar cheese is especially good for making cheese grits, but any cheese can be used. Stir until melted and serve.

Answer 3

• Cook your grits plain. (Wait the extra couple minutes for the water to boil salt-lessly.)

• Only add salt and butter to taste afterwards to each serving.

• Replace salt with garlic (its tastier, adds a new dimension to foods that Salt doesn't and it actually counteracts the negative effects that salt can have- such as high blood pressure)
• Use a lower-sodium butter (most butter/margarine has a high salt content)

Answer 4

All you need to do is add sugar or honey or a sugar substitute to your grits.

Answer 5

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